Political risk and the internationalization of firms: An empirical study of Canadian-based export and FDI firms

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Agarwal, James ^a   Feils, Dorothee ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exporting; FDI; Internationalization process of firms; Political risk assessment; Political risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548957737     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.26     Document Type: Article

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